New York has updated the way it regulates wetlands, marking meaningful movement on legislation originally passed in the state’s 2022-23 budget. The changes effective at the beginning of the year ...

It is also New York City’s only wetland “mitigation bank.” The bank sells “mitigation credits” to developers who are planning to build on wetlands elsewhere in the city. This allows ...

Big changes to New York’s environmental conservation law took effect on Jan. 1, increasing regulated freshwater wetlands by one million acres, according to the state Department of Environmental ...

ALBANY — New York will protect an additional 1 million acres of wetlands by 2028 after the state expanded its definition of regulated wetlands. Environmental groups embraced the move ...

Wendel said the federal Clean Water Act and New York’s Freshwater Wetlands Act have provided a foundation for the protection of wetlands, but said the new regulations may overreach, particularly when ...